A/N 1: Ugh, ok. So I finished this yesterday but when I went over it, it was all wrong and horrible. I made it a little less wrong and horrible, so it's ok. What did I sign up for? haha.
Tori is sitting in the chair next to the bed holding her iced wrist while Jade lies sideway on the bed holding the ice in place when the nurse comes back in.
"Jade, I can't get in touch with your parents. Do you think you can try calling them?"
Jade mumbles her agreement and pulls out her phone, she sees a missed call from her mom and a voicemail. She hits the call button and brings her phone up to her ear, already knowing what she's going to hear, "Jade, honey. Just calling to let you know that your dad and I are going out of town for the weekend. I left money for you on the kitchen counter. See you Sunday night. Bye."
Jade groans and roughly throws her phone into her bag and then turns back to the nurse, "Yeah, my folks went out of town. They won't be back 'til Monday."
"Oh dear, do you have anybody you can stay with?"
Before she can stop herself, Tori stands up and clears her throat, "Uhm, Jade can stay with me. I mean, I kind of caused this accident so it's only fair."
Standing a few feet from each other, Tori stares at Jade, her hands fidgeting behind her back while Jade glares at her with a small, evil smirk playing at her lips, tension filling the air. The nurse breaks the tension with a loud clap and the clear of her throat, bringing both girls' attention to her.
"That's great. Ok, I'm going to call your parents now Tori and then I'll pass you the phone so you can ask them about Jade."
The nurse leaves the room and closes the door behind her, leaving the two girls alone again.
"Well, well, well. Does little ol' Tori feel guilty about hurting little ol' Jade?" Tori rolls her eyes and scoffs at the tone Jade likes to use when mocking her.
"No! I just- I would feel bad or something if like, something happened to you… or something."
Jade starts laughing and sits down, feeling a little dizzy due to the pressure in her head. "Oh please, Tori. You know you'd miss me," she says after calming down, "and you just want to see me at night."
She smirks and starts laughing again when she sees Tori's eyes widen and blush taking over her face, "Calm down, Vega. It was only a joke but I mean, if you really wanna…," Jade says suggestively waggling her eyebrows at the reddening girl.
Before she could embarrass herself anymore, the nurse walks back in and Tori lets out a breath she didn't know she was holding, "Ok, Tori. I called your parents and they're on their way. You can talk to them about Jade then."
She turns to look at Jade and is met with that smirk that she always wears so instead she plops down on the chair behind her and closes her eyes.
"Tori. Tori, honey. Wake up."
She mumbles something before she slowly stirs awake and is met with two worried looking faces before being pulled into a hug. She hisses out in pain and is quickly let go when her mom realizes that her hurt hand was between them.
"I'm sorry, honey. I forgot about your hurt hand." Her mom gives her an apologetic smile and takes her hurt hand into her own to check it out.
Jade is sitting in a chair across the room, watching the Vega's interact with each other. The nurse kept her busy with a crossword puzzle, not letting her sleep until she was checked out properly at the hospital.
The nurse walks and heads towards the family, probably to fill them in more on what happened. Tori walks away from them and makes her way to Jade, fidgeting with her hands again.
"You know, you don't have to stay with us. It was just an offer," Tori is looking everywhere but Jade, her eyes landing on a crack on the wall above Jade's head. "I'm sure you'd rather stay with Beck or something."
Jade is staring at her, amusement and mischief in her eyes. "Retracting your offer so soon, Vega? That's not very nice."
Tori's eyes finally meet Jade's, she can see the amusement in them and something else but she really can't place it. The longer she stares into the deep green of Jade's eyes, the more nervous she gets. The butterflies in her stomach fluttering roughly around, the palm of her hands dampening and the rate of her heart picking up.
Jade's not sure what's happening to the girl standing in front of her but she knows it can't be good because her face is getting redder than usual, her hands are constantly rubbing against her pants and her breathing is a bit labored.
"What the hell, Vega. Are you ok?" Jade stands up and pushes on Tori's shoulder, breaking the girl from her trance. Tori's eyes widen once again and she backs away, mumbling something under her breath and hastily walks to her parents.
Jade is standing there extremely confused when she notices Tori pointing at her direction and her parents staring at her, also sporting confused expressions but nodding understandably.
Tori waves her over and she hesitantly walks to them, not sure if she should smile or look like she's in pain so she just goes with both and puts on a painful smile.
"Are you okay, Jade?" Tori's mom asks her, worry covering her face. She steps toward her and places her hand on Jade's shoulder, tightening and loosening her grip as she looks at her sympathetically.
"Uhm, yeah. My head just hurts a bit." She pulls away slightly from Mrs. Vega and gives her a small smile. Out of all the times she's been to Tori's house, she's never once met them.
"So Tori tells us your parents are out of town and you need a place to stay tonight. You're more than welcome to stay with us if you'd like it."
Jade's not one to be intimidated but Mr. Vega towers about a foot over her and she spots his badge on his belt, "Yes, thank you."
Tori's a bit shocked at how nervous Jade looks but she opposes against mentioning it in fear of getting her ass kicked. She smiles instead and stores the information in the back of her mind where she can access it another time for something like black mail.
"Alright then! We should get you girls to the hospital so we can go home."
They all settle into the car and Mr. Vega drives them to the hospital. The hospital is about 30 minutes from Hollywood Arts and the first half of the drive is filled with awkward silence. Occasionally Tori will look at Jade and Jade will look at Tori, but never at the same time, and Mrs. Vega would sneak a peek at the two girls smiling when she would catch either girl looking at the other. Eventually Mr. Vega turns on the radio, hoping to break the awkward silence that fills the car.
They arrive at the hospital, check in and sit in the waiting room while they wait to be called in. A few moments later, a nurse comes in and calls for Jade since her injury is more severe than Tori's. Tori offers to go in with her but Jade quickly declines stating she was a big girl and could do things on her own. Tori just rolls her eyes and sits back down.
Jade follows the nurse to an examining room and she explains what happened to have caused her to hit her head so hard. The nurse examines the back of her head and tells Jade she has quite a bump and a cut but nothing too bad. The nurse also tells her that she's sure she doesn't have a concussion but as a precaution, she should stay awake tonight.
The nurse walks Jade back out to the waiting room and calls Tori in, the two girls staring at each other as they pass by.
The nurse knows the story of what happened but she asks Tori how she hurt her wrist. She tells the nurse that when they fell, she stuck her hands out to catch herself but they landed pretty hard and her hand slipped, causing it to bend back awkwardly.
They walk to the x-ray room and the technician there had just finished prepping the room for her. The x-ray technician sits Tori down with the x-ray machine above her and tells her different ways to place her wrist as he takes pictures. He finishes and leaves to check out her x-rays, coming back 10 minutes later with the film in hand. Her wrist is definitely broken but still too swollen to put a cast on, so the nurse puts on a brace and tells her to come back in a week or so, when the swelling goes down.
The nurse walks Tori back to the waiting room and calls over her parents so they can finish signing the papers.
"So it's definitely broken." Tori says, waving her braced wrist around.
"Yeah, well I might not have a concussion but I have to stay up anyway, just in case." Jade says annoyance in her voice.
Mr. and Mrs. Vega come back into the waiting room and motions to the girls that they were leaving.
"Ok, next stop: Jade's place."
Jade tells Mr. Vega the directions to her house and when they got there, she quickly mumbles be right back and exits the car. To her surprise, Tori follows her offering her some help.
Jade just rolls her eyes and opens the front door, leading Tori upstairs where her room is at. Tori isn't surprised at how cold and un-home-like Jade's house is but she keeps that to herself.
They make it to Jade's room and Tori's eyes widen when she sees how clean and organized her room is.
"What?" Jade growls out when she notices the surprised look on Tori's face.
"Nothing. I- I just didn't expect your room to look like this." Tori gives her a weak smile.
"Ugh, whatever. Let's go."
They walk back down the stairs and before they leave, Jade runs into the kitchen and grabs the money that was left for her on the counter.
They walk back to the car and settle in, finally heading to Tori's place.
"Ok, girls. We're finally home." Mr. Vega chuckles softly as he parks the car in the driveway.
Everyone gets out and walks to the house, all glad to be home and done with the awkward, silent car rides.
"Jade, our house is your house. So go ahead and knock yourself out. Wait, I mean, not knock yourself out, I meant- I- uh-," Mrs. Vega laughs nervously and shakes her head, "We're going to head upstairs, Tori offer her some water. Have fun girls." Mr. and Mrs. Vega quickly head upstairs, leaving the two girls alone.
"Sorry about my mom. I think you scare her." Tori laughs and walks to the kitchen while Jade sits on the couch.
"Well, I do have that effect on people," Tori can hear the smirk in Jade's voice, "and Vega, make me some coffee. Keep the pot running 'cause this is going to be a long night."
Tori lets out a loud sigh and looks up, she closes her eyes and prays to God, or to whoever was up there listening, for strength and patience… lots of patience.
A/N 2: I hope this is ok. I didn't want to just jump in to the weekend and them together much, so already this is a filler chapter. I don't think this is going to be very long but we'll see.
Can I just say that I'm horrible with commitment? Cause I am. I'm kind of excited and afraid to see how this turns out.
Any who, thanks for reviewing the first chapter! I tried getting this out fast 'cause someone ~threatened~ me, hahaha.
Reviews would be nice. Tell me this chapter sucked. I'm going to make the next one good though, so don't leave me just yet! :-)
Thanks!